Month: July 2025

The GOP’s bill to claw back billions of dollars in federal funding is set to hit the Senate floor this week despite serious — and vocal — concerns among some Republicans over the cuts targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid. Consideration of the legislation comes as GOP lawmakers are staring down a Friday deadline to get the…
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The possibility that President Trump could replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is spinning heads from Washington to Wall Street and beyond.  Senators on both sides of the aisle have thrown cold water on the idea despite rising tension between Trump and Powell over interest rates, and the precedent-breaking move…
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“That’s not the way to win. It’s just not,” said the billionaire.

The president’s daughter-in-law used her questions to praise Trump.

The president has become increasingly exasperated with Vladimir Putin and has repeatedly laid into the Russian leader for prolonging the Ukraine war.

The president took center stage and critics noticed.

Former press aide Sarah Matthews predicted that Trump will try something “very controversial” to change the narrative.

The president said he won yet another championship, but his critics aren’t buying it.

President Trump joined the English soccer club Chelsea on Sunday on the field to celebrate its victory in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. The president stood alongside the team as a player held the trophy aloft after a 3-0 win over France’s Paris Saint-Germain. The White House posted a…
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The president’s attempt to quell the backlash from his base has only intensified it.

Democratic strategist David Axelrod suggested Sunday that President Trump is to blame for Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “180” when it comes to releasing files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I’ve said this from the start: Anyone who thinks Pam Bondi decided on her own to do a 180 and inflame…
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It’s a preview of what might be to come when the U.S. hosts the World Cup in 2026.

President Trump on Sunday expressed confidence in deputy FBI director Dan Bongino, despite the backlash over the Trump administration’s handling of the files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Bongino has been at the center of the internal fighting over the Epstein situation, with a source familiar confirming to The Hill that the deputy director is furious…
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that President Trump’s request to cut billions in funding to public broadcasters NPR and PBS would face a “very close” vote in the Senate. “I suspect it’s going to be very close. I don’t know if it will be modified in advance, but I can’t really honestly look Americans…
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Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Sunday the “real story” of the deadly flooding in Texas is the “heroism of those who showed up” to help, as opposed to who might be to blame. “I think the real story is not all the finger-pointing that the media wants to point to. It’s the heroism of those…
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Republicans are eager to see Lara Trump enter the North Carolina Senate race, with many seeing her as their best opportunity to keep the seat after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced he wouldn’t seek reelection. The daughter-in-law of President Trump and a former Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair, Lara Trump has quickly become an early…
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), an outspoken critic of President Trump, said the president benefited from the conspiracy theories surrounding the case of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Christie pushed back on the suggestion that it was mostly the people around Trump…
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday he believed the public may never know what prompted the attempted assassination of President Trump in Pennsylvania a year ago. “I think we aren’t going to know the motive, and I take that at face value. I know a lot of times when we don’t get something and we…
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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said he supports Democrats’ threats to shut down the government if Republicans proceed with the rescissions package, saying his party should use all the leverage they can to prevent cuts to previously approved funding. “I say it’s time to stand up for the American people,” Subramanyam said in an interview on…
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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said he supports President Trump’s approach to tariffs on Mexico, even though he acknowledged the tax on imported goods will likely hurt Texans if it takes effect. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Gonzales was asked whether the 30 percent tariff that the Trump administration recently announced on…
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Regardless of political party, presidential administrations have traditionally abided by the bedrock American principles of transparency and accountability when it comes to federal agency rulemaking.  The Trump administration is defying these principles. President Trump is rolling back longstanding protections using unlawful shortcuts that shortchange the public’s right to provide input and understand how that feedback…
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Hospitals are bracing for the impact from the Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s sweeping spending and tax cut law.   While most of the cuts won’t happen immediately, rural facilities in particular say they likely will have to make difficult financial decisions about which services they can afford to keep and which may need to…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will suspend retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods scheduled to take effect Monday in hopes of reaching a trade deal with the Trump administration by the end of the month. ″This is now the time for negotiations,″ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels on Sunday, after President Donald…
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said in a Sunday interview that it’s time to “move on” from the controversy surrounding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Chris Stirewalt asked about Trump’s defense of the Justice Department’s handling of the case, and the calls from parts of the president’s most ardent…
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said on Sunday he plans to speak soon with President Trump to discuss a path forward as he considers whether to launch a bid for governor in New York. Entering the state-wide race would likely pit him against Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who is gearing up to launch her own campaign…
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